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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Washington DC, USA. (PTI Photo)

Nirmala Sitharaman stresses need to keep supply chains open for...

Sitharaman highlighted the need of an international financial architecture to fight the COVID-19 pandemic across the...

18 Oct 2021 1:03 PM IST

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Covaxin during a special vaccination drive for homeless and migrant workers against COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

WHO to meet next week to consider emergency use listing of Covaxin

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech had submitted Expression of Interest on April 19 for its vaccine

18 Oct 2021 1:00 PM IST

Yuvraj Singh. PTI Photo

Yuvraj Singh held in alleged casteist remarks case, released later:...

Singh was accused of making casteist remarks against another cricketer during an Instagram chat last year

18 Oct 2021 12:09 PM IST

A police officer searches the bag of Kashmiri men in Srinagar, Kashmir on Oct. 12, 2021. (AP/Dar Yasin)

Kashmir Police asked to shift non-local labourers to police stations

A message was flashed to all police units in the Kashmir Valley by the SSP Police Control Room, on behalf of...

18 Oct 2021 11:49 AM IST

During the rail roko protest, all train traffic will be stopped from 10 am till 4 pm on Monday, the SKM had said. (Representational image: ANI)

Farmers block train traffic in Punjab as part of 'rail roko' stir over...

A railway official said four sections of the Ferozepur division were blocked by the protesters

18 Oct 2021 10:20 AM IST

A health worker takes swab samples of a passenger for COVID-19 testing at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. (PTI file photo)

India reports lowest COVID-19 cases in 221 days, 166 fresh fatalities

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 24 straight days

18 Oct 2021 10:15 AM IST

Security personnel during an encounter at Bemina area in Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

Two Bihar labourers dead in latest killings in Jammu Kashmir

J&K's lieutenant governor, Manoj Sinha, vowed to hunt down the perpetrators as well as their sympathisers to bring them...

18 Oct 2021 7:20 AM IST

A security personnel checks a motorbike at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (PTI /S. Irfan)

A large part of non-local workforce leave Kashmir Valley

The number of clashes between the security forces and militant groups has significantly increased

18 Oct 2021 6:39 AM IST

Before becoming CM, Yogi Adityanath personally looks after Kalu and feeds him. (Photo: File)

Fate of 40 per cent of UP ministers hangs in balance

Speculation is rife that the BJP top brass could drop at least 50 % of its sitting MLAs, including ministers to counter...

18 Oct 2021 12:53 AM IST

In a separate rain-related incident on Saturday, a man and a woman--both 30-years old-- died as their car was swept away in the flood waters in Kanjar in Idukki district. (AFP)

Kerala rains: Death toll mounted to 21

IMD predicted the intense spell of rainfall activity over Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is likely to...

17 Oct 2021 12:04 PM IST

A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at State Government-run at SKM Hall in Patna (PTI)

India logs 14,146 fresh Covid cases, 144 more deaths in a day

In a day, active cases declined by 5,786 and currently comprise 0.57 per cent of the total infections

17 Oct 2021 12:00 PM IST

Security personnel during an encounter with militants at Pampore area of Pulwama District, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Two militants, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, were killed in the gun battle. (PTI/S. Irfan)

Two more target killings in J&K; LeT cadre, 4 others shot dead

The gory incidents sent the security agencies into a tizzy whereas the Union govt and local administration faced the...

17 Oct 2021 8:33 AM IST